Karnataka Admits Female Foeticide Persists

In Karnataka, India, the health minister has admitted that female foeticide, which means ending a pregnancy because the baby is a girl, is still happening.

He said the government is going to be stricter about stopping this.

They are going to put special officers in every area to watch for this problem.

The minister also said that people are choosing to do this because they don't want to have girl children.

He mentioned that new technology, like small ultrasound machines, is making it easier to do this illegally.

The government is also thinking about making new laws to stop the sale of medicines that can be used to end pregnancies.

They have already done some secret operations to catch people doing this wrong thing and are planning to do more.